Anyone have this tuna mornay/casserole recipe???

[perriwinkleblue]

Can anyone help me recreate this foggy childhood memory? My Mom used to make a tuna casserole when I was a kid that featured: tuna, mashed potato and hard boiled egg. The recipe was lost many years ago and DM can no longer remember it. :sad2: I have been searching and can't find the recipe anywhere.

Could it be that there were only those three ingredients??? Anyone out there make/remember anything similar? I know it was a very simple, inexpensive dish not something gourmet. I'd love to make it again. I remember thinking it looked disgusting and not wanting to try it - but when I did - it was yummy:)

[MazdaUK]

I would imagine there was some sort of liquid binding the tuna and egg, with the mash on the top (as you say "mornay" could it be a cheesy sauce? Or a tin of soup?) sort of like fish pie.

alternatively, my mum used to make "cheese pie" (mash with cheese in it, heated through/browned in the oven) and salmon fishcakes (tinned salmon and mash, shaped into patties and fried briefly to brown), so i suppose you could fold tuna and chopped egg through mash and give it the same treatment.

Try both and see what you like/remember!

[perriwinkleblue]

Thank you MazdaUK. I do wonder what the 4th "mystery" ingredient could be. Maybe cheese, another egg or a white sauce???

The egg was hardboiled and chopped, then mixed with the mashed potato/tuna part. Or maybe sliced and put on top?? (Boy, the more I think about it, the more disgusting it seems!:rotfl:) I've asked my older sister if she remembers it. She said that she, too, loved it but doesn't remember how it was made.

Anyone?

[Tink1964]

Hi
I was just looking for the same idea for dinner
and found this site

http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/My-Nans-Tuna-Mornay-L338.html

its from over here in Australia "plain flour" for us is your all purpose flour but I think every thing else the same for you or I can try to answer questions if you have any

[perriwinkleblue]

Thank you Tink1964. It's funny that the two responses I got would come from so far away from me. I think the neighbor that originally gave my Mom the the recipe may have been from Nova Scotia. Well, small world....:)

I googled using the words tuna and "mash" (as MazdaUK referred to mashed potato) and came up with a couple of recipes for "tuna mash." Putting all the ideas together with what I remember, I think if I mix tuna with potato and chopped eggs and bake it in a casserole with cheese on top it might be what I'm thinking of. If it's too dry, I'll try making a white sauce.

I know it seems silly to search for something like this, but DM's health is not good and I could use a little nostalgic comfort food these days.

[Tink1964]

I hope it works out & is as yummy as it sounds.
There is nothing better than comfort food when your not well.
:love: to DM
Gayle

[MazdaUK]

You could always just add a little milk to the mix if it seems dry (less work ;) )

[perriwinkleblue]

Thank you both.:goodvibes